European Research Area

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The European Research Area (ERA) is a system of scientific research programmes integrating the European Union's scientific resources. Since its creation in 2000, the structure has been concentrated on multi-national co-operation in the fields of medical, environmental, industrial and socio-economic research. The ERA can be likened to a research and innovation equivalent of the European "common market" for goods and services. Its purpose is to increase the competitiveness of European research institutions by bringing them together and encouraging a more inclusive way of work, similar to what already exists among institutions in North America and Japan. Increased mobility of knowledge workers and deepened multilateral co-operation among research institutions among the Member States are central goals of the ERA.

See also

• Lisbon Strategy
• Bologna process
• Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development
• Sixth Framework Programme
• Seventh Framework Programme
• Directorate-General of the Joint Research Centre
• Directorate-General for Research
• ERAWATCH Network (EWN)
• Euroscience
• European Research Council (ERC)
• European Grid Initiative (EGI)
• European Institute of Technology (EIT)
• European Research Advisory Board (EURAB)
• European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering (Euro-CASE)
• European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network (ECRIN)

External links

• ERA homepage
• Leaflet discussing the ERA

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